Smith's first Christmas

Smith Loves Grandpa Stayner

He didnt come up short on Red Sox gear, thats for sure!

He didnt really get the whole unwrapping thing... but it was fun to watch him try

Happy Birthday to my man! DECEMBER 28TH

KC is such a blessing in my life! His birthday always gets jumbled in with Christmas and new years, but I hope he knows he is kind of a big deal :) He turned 30 this year!!!  I am so thankful for him and love him so much (as he knows, because I say it WAY too much) He just makes my life so easy and wonderful! Smith is obsessed with him and wont even look at me when daddy is in the room. I love the bond they share, and the friendship that I see developing between them every day.

Thanks hubby for being you!

GOING...GOING...GONE!

I know everyone says you cant get excited when you get an offer on your house. "So many things could go wrong and it might not end up working out" but I am just going to be excited, and optimistic about the fact that we had our house for sale for less than a month and received 2 offers this week!  After we got the first offer we went to the temple just to make sure we were doing the right thing, and after leaving the temple we both felt really good about everything. It was then that we got the second interested buyer and within 24 hours a second offer. We counter-offered on the first one, and it was accepted! We are moving out in about 4 weeks (we are still trying to decide where to stay until we find a home, but we have several great options to look into) and we are really excited to see where life takes us. This really was proof to us that prayers are answered and that we are supposed to be doing this! I wont go into all the boring details about how perfect this all worked out, not only for us, but for both the buyer and his agent, but I will say that when you trust in the Lord things work out for your good (again, who knows if "for our good" means this will all fall through and we will end up staying here, but regardless, we are learning that we can trust in the power of prayer to be guided!)